SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
avathArikai
AzhwAr says that there is no limit to the divine abodes where emperumAn, who is this simple, has taken residence.
Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:
pARkadalaum vEngadamum pAmbum panivisumbum
nURkadalum nuNNUlathAmari mEl pARpattu
irundhAr manamum idamAgak koNdAn
kurundhu osiththa gOpAlagan
Word by Word Meanings
kurundhu – the kurundham tree (a variety of tree growing along the bank of river yamunA)
osiththa – one who snapped it and destroyed it
gOpAlagan – kaNNapirAn (krishNa) who tends to cows
pARkadalum – thiruppARkadal (milky ocean)
vEngadamum – thiruvEngadam hills
pAmbum – thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan)
panivisumbum – paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) which is very cool (without the heat from samsAram casting its shadow)
nURkadalum – SAsthras which are like the expansive ocean
nuN nUla thAmarai mElpAL pattirundhAr manamum – the hearts of yOgis (those who carry out penance) who focus their sensory perceptions on the lotus-like heart which is mentioned in those subtle SAsthras
idam Agak koNdAn – has taken these as his places of dwelling
vyAkyanam
pARkadalum – thiruppARkadal (milky ocean)
vEngadamum – thiruvEngadam hills
pAmbum – thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan)
pani visumbum – the sweet SrIvaikuNtam which is cool, without a trace of the heat which is emanating from samsAram (materialistic realm)
nURkadalaum – the sea of knowledge. The sea of ithihAsa (great epics such as SrI rAmAyaNa and mahAbhAratha) and purANas (ancient literature describing emperumAn).
nuN nUla thAmarai mElpAl pattirundhAr manamum – Just as it is mentioned in thaiththirIya upanishath nArAyaNavalli “padhmakOSaprathIkASam hrudhaynchApyadhOmukham” (heart which is like the inverted lotus) the hearts of those who know that emperumAn resides in the lotus-like hearts of people, as known only from SAsthras. The hearts of yOgis who focus their sensory perceptions on the place revealed by SAsthras as lotus-like heart.
idamAgak koNdAn – one who has these places as his dwelling abode.
Who is this?
kurundhu osiththa gOpAlagan – kaNNan (krishNa) who has the characteristic of destroying enemies. AzhwAr is amazed that emperumAn, who has such greatness, appears as such a simple entity to him.
We will move on to the 33rd pAsuram next.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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